(July 23, 2017 at 9:24 am)Alex K Wrote:(July 22, 2017 at 2:03 pm)Die Atheistin Wrote: Panteism claims that the Universe itself is God. Does that mean that the Universe has a consciousness?
You are part of the universe, and you have consciousness, so therefore the universe has consciousness.
No, you cannot equate one part as being the totality of the entire thing.
One atom does not constitute the entire universe. We do certainly observe consciousness in the universe yes, but that does not make the entire universe conscious. That is like confusing one neon tetra fish in your tropical fish tank as being the entire fish tank.
Otherwise a hurricane thinks too, and we know hurricanes do not think or have a human like brain. We are merely a temporary blip. This is simply a different version of projecting human qualities on non human things.
We don't need to replace old woo with new woo.
